Usually, however, such comparisons focused on their cogs and fittings and all of the inter-machinations that serve to parallel the revolutions of the moon and the earth and the various other circles and orbs that mankind relies upon.

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It was Terence who [ ] arranged the meeting[ ] and he purposefully led the conversation away from its initial scholastic roots and directed it toward Samuel's personal life.

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Their combined laughter would often prove to be puzzling to their friends, and while it may have lead to a shared ostracism from some social settings it also proved to cement their bond of mutual experience.

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Their primary reprieve and release from the combination of the work-a-day quotidian grind of teaching and the remaining "free" time of house repair and restoration was a deepening of their shared love of classic movies.

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If was almost their fourth anniversary...

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Our body act as the carapace that both projects and shields the reality within us, yet it reflects more than it can ever actually contain.

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light on the cinnamon and heavy on the cloves

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To overcome his hesitation he mentally tried to imbue the procedure with a dogmatic sense of ceremony.

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The overnight flight to Rome was a direct one, and even though they flew in the wcramped confines of Coach Class...

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They were certain that if Harry Bailey had been able to achieve his dream of traveling to the various capitals of the world, he would have done so mostly by rail.

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...dissolved into crimson-topped fields of blooming poppies that flowed over gentle grassy hills as if still seeking refuge from frightening stories relayed from Flanders.

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[ ] It also was another of the unspoken bonds that joined them, affecting everything from their selection of films to the choice of items that populated their home. Samuel once confessed that when he was a child the mere act of drawing a smiling face onto an inflated balloon made it appreciably more difficult to deflate and discard.

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When comfortably situated at home and re-acclimated to their work-a-day lives their love for Rome even led them to once again view Roman Holiday, though now through lenses permanently tinted rose.

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Even the [ ] hissing of the guards was insufficient to remove them from their joint reverie of the symbolism that was so deftly expressed around them.

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...the ruins of Cumae now seems much more important to me than they did when we were planning this year's trip.

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Fuori leMure

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In an attempt to add an ambiance of mystery to the endeavor Samantha wondered aloud if they might run into any Cimmerians when they reached the Sibyl's cave.

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Ella jokingly expressed her wish that their captain would manage to avoid Scylla and Charybdis, though both hoped that during their daylight return they might have the opportunity to view one of the Strait's famous Fata Morganas when they approached the Calabrian mainland.

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Ella laughed at his forwordplay

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Wilkins was aware of the general layout of their home and when he once asked Samuel about the second largest room upstairs...

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Ella most enjoyed speculating about the stimulating effects that the flickering sunlight[ ] as filtered through the trees and combined with the sounds of bird song and passing automobiles, had upon her daughter's developing brain.

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Upon experiencing Samantha's delight they decided to alter their next day's plans and turn it into a "Day of Fountains"...

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...Ella discerned a small lump that she feared might foretell the ending of her own bid for everlastingness.

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Nearly simultaneously her logic and intuition came to the fore and she recalled Samuel's greatest worry throughout her fertility treatments.

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It that who I think it is?

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The subtleties of advancing death where so variant that it took a dedicated loved one to perceive their effects.

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It brought to mind a time when she and Samuel had been canoeing on a New England river and they slowly approached a line of rapids[ ] still several bends of the channel away.

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"I'll ignore that comment, "...

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Remember, knowledge can be as blinding as ignorance, but love requires faith and with it our eyes can be reopened.

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Terence considered his words and listened as he continued,

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Transitioning from Ella to Terence was more akin to movement into the ooze than to breaching the atmosphere.

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Knowing that they would soon be spending more than fifteen hours confined to a railcar they decided to take a lunchtime stroll prior to visiting Guglielmo for their customary farewell.

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...as they set out on a route that he knew would be a level one and that would conclude near a Metro stop in case Samuel experienced any [ ] discomfort that might necessitate the use of that conveyance for their return.

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Terence saw him begin to fall and reached out ineffectually as Samuel went down hard onto the pavement, striking his head against the stone wall that was adjacent to the sidewalk.

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...to envelope them.

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...the bomber did more than spare the edifice of the Scala Sancta, which was identified as his intended target.

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and because its sound was [ ] channeled by the high walls that lined the relatively narrow blast location it carried to the majority of his cohorts and threw their entire plan's timing into disarray.

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Four of his accomplices were apprehended without incident when their [ ] reactions to the sooner-than-expected sound of the explosion aroused suspicion.

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His explosion occurred in the Piazza Navona; but, due to the heightened security put in place after the earlier blast...

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...from the vast scholarly lexicon that he toted around with him.

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She was immersed in a study of Heraclitus[ ] and he of Hegel[ ] and... , ,

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...they never discussed, nor even attempted to put into words,

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The creation of a booklet that would detail their lives and display photographs of them interacting with children was an integral part of that protocol.

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...she remembered his answered

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Well, with one [ ] in every cell...

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Samuel's introversion

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billfold/mental wallet analogy for Samuel's hesitancy to speak at length

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Ella's views on friendship

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Samuel's and Ella's youth

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comparison to friends' relationships

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inability to codify the "forwordplay" game

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Samuel as wordsmith

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Samuel's self-effacing elevator story

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Ella's reflection on the combination of Samuel's and her names

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Amtrak and USPS

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Samuel's and Ella's training to analyze language

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separation, loneliness and the passage of time, "Being with you is like being alone."

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16th century Tuscan repetitive names and chink in Samuel's armor

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Samuel's "avuncular uncle" pun

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a young couple's finances

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attic raccoon and predator pun

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comparing Samuel and Ella's relationship to Fallton friendships

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remodeling/plumbing repair details

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dislike of the Blanding's remake, The Money Pit

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detailed differences between Mr. Jordan and Heaven Can Wait including soundtrack